In my neighborhood during the fall and winter months, an outdoor ice skating rink is opened. It is located in a state park called Bear Mountain. The rink covers the whole ground where it’s built. Since it’s on a mountain, there is beautiful scenery of the fall and winter seasons surrounding the rink. There is also a cabin close by which holds the rental skates and has hot chocolate machines for after skating.
The whole experience provides a feeling of comfort and fun seasonal exposure. The string lights which hang around the circumference of the rink exhilarate the space and provide a bit of warmth while outside in the cold weather and ice skating. Like the rink, anything can pull you in and and excite your thoughts. If you allow and open yourself to think within everyday encounters, they will start demanding your attention back and keep your brain thinking and alive. Whenever my friends and I come here, we always say, “we feel the most alive in this ice rink.” And this is true, as it gives off an original but warm and invigorating feeling.
In Rankine’s excerpt, she quoted Serena Williams, “I feel most colored when I am thrown against a sharp white background,” (Rankine, 120). I decided to add ethos and a quote for credibility to my readers when they might be thinking of other peoples perspectives of the rink, not just mine. By including the quote of what my friends feel at the rink as well, I believe the credibility concerning my claims about the magnificence of the ice rink was increased.
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